-
Custom House
On the south side of Lower Thames Street. In Tower Ward (P.O Directory).
Erected on this site 1814-...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
custom-house
An office established on the frontiers of a state, or in some chief city or port, for the receipt of...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Entering
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Entrant, edge.
II. Entering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Enter>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Custom
·vi To have a custom.
II. Custom ·vt To pay the customs of.
III. Custom ·vt To supply with custome...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Custom
A tax imposed by the Romans. The tax-gatherers were termed publicans (q.v.), who had their stations ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
custom
The toll paid by merchants to the crown for goods exported or imported; otherwise called duty.
♦ C...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Custom House Court
West out of Beer Lane. In Tower Ward (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831).
Part of the site was occupied by...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Custom House Quay
See Custom House and Wool Quay and Custom House Wharf.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Custom House Wharf
In front of the Custom House, facing the Thames (O.S. 1894-6 ; and Bacon, 1912).
First mention: O.S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
custom-house goods
The stock in trade of a prostitute, because fairly entered.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
eve's custom-house
where Adam made his first entry. The monosyllable.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
custom-house agent
He who transacts the relative business of passing goods, as to the entries required for the ship's c...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
custom-house officers
A term comprehending all the officials employed in enforcing the customs.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
at
at or ast, conj. [Curtius connects the Sanscr. ati, ultra, nimis, the Gr. ἔτι, the Lat. et, and at...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
-
at
at or I (rarely) ast, conj, but (introducing a contrast to what precedes).
I I. In a transition, b...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
-
At
·prep The relations of time, age, or order; as, at ten o'clock; at twenty-one; at once; at first.
I...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
at
for by. Used in this expression, "Sales at auction."
The English say--"Sales by auction," and this ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
entering-ladders
Are of two sorts; one of them being used by the vessel's side in harbour or in fair weather, the oth...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
entering-ports
Ports cut down on the middle gun-deck of three-deckers, to serve as door-ways for persons going in a...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
entering-ropes
, or side-ropes.
Three are sometimes used to aid in climbing the ship's side. They hang from the u...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
House
·vt To drive to a shelter.
II. House ·noun The <<Grave>>.
III. House ·noun A public house; an inn;...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
House
Till their sojourn in Egypt the Hebrews dwelt in tents. They then for the first time inhabited citie...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
house
or tenement, to let
A widow's weeds; also an atchievement marking the death of a husband, set up on...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
house
the house, the room called the hall. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
House
The houses of the rural poor in Egypt, as well as in most parts of Syria, Arabia and Persia, are gen...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Custom House and Wool Quays
South out of Lower Thames Street, east of the Custom House (P.O. Directory).
First mention: O.S. 18...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
re-entering angle
In fortification, is an angle whose vertex points inward, or towards the place.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
At one
·- <<Together>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Here-at
·adv At, or by reason of, this; as, he was offended hereat.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Strain at
Simply a misprint for "strain out" (Matt. 23:24).
...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
to jump at
To embrace with eagerness; as, 'I made him an offer, and he jumped at it.'
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
at-after
afterwards. North.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
at anchor
The situation of a vessel riding in a road or port by her anchor.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
touching at
Stopping or anchoring at some intermediate port in the course of a voyage.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Strain At
(So translated in the Authorized Version, but in the Revised Version "strain out," (Matthew 23:24) w...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
-
Custom House Stairs, East and West
East and west of the Custom House, on the river (O.S. 1894-6). The Stairs East are in Tower Ward. Th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Apartment house
·add. ·- A building comprising a number of suites designed for separate housekeeping tenements, but ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Doss house
·add. ·- A cheap lodging house.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Full house
·add. ·- A hand containing three of a kind and a pair, as three kings and two tens. It ranks above a...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Lombar-house
·noun A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
II. Lombar-house ·noun A public institution for lending money ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Lombard-house
·noun ·Alt. of Lombar-house.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Moot-house
·noun A hall for public meetings; a hall of judgment.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Sugar-house
·noun A building in which sugar is made or refined; a sugar manufactory.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Tippling-house
·noun A house in which liquors are sold in drams or small quantities, to be drunk on the premises.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Tiring-house
·noun A tiring-room.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Treasure-house
·noun A house or building where treasures and stores are kept.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Trugging-house
·noun A <<Brothel>>.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Weigh-house
·noun A building at or within which goods, and the like, are weighed.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
Dagon's house
(1 Sam. 5:2), or Beth-dagon, as elsewhere rendered (Josh. 15: 41; 19:27), was the sanctuary or templ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Draught-house
(2 Kings 10:27). Jehu ordered the temple of Baal to be destroyed, and the place to be converted to t...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Shearing-house
(2 Kings 10:12, 14; marg., "house of shepherds binding sheep." R.V., "the shearing-house of the shep...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
-
Abergavenny House
See Stationers' Hall and Pembrook's Inn.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Africa House
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, Nos. 44 to 46, east of Billiter Street. In Aldgate Ward.
Fi...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
African House
See Africa House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Amen House
Mentioned 1641 (L. and P. Chas. I. XVIII. p. 164).
Not further identified.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Bacon House
In Noble Street on the boundary of Aldersgate Ward Within. Formerly called Shelly House, as of old b...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Bangor House
The town house of the Bishops of Bangor, in Shoe Lane.
It seems to be mentioned in 1349 as " Bancor...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Bath House
See Minories.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Belfounder's House
A tenement so-called in Hundesdiche in parish of St. Botulph Without, Aldgate, 1540 (L. and P. H. VI...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Bergavenny House
See Stationers' Hall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Bloomfield House
In Bloomfield Court, King Street, West Smithfield (L.C.C. List, 1912). In Farringdon Ward Without.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Brew House
West out of the Minories in Rocque's map, 1746, between the Minories Street. In Portsoken Ward.
Sit...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(St.) Bride's House
See Bell's Buildings.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Bridge House
A dwelling-house attached to St. Thomas' Chapel on London Bridge, and quite distinct from the Bridge...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Bridgewater House
On the north side of the Barbican. The house of the Earl of Bridgewater (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1720...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Brooke House
On the north side of Holborn on the site now occupied by Brooke Street (q.v.).
Accounts Commissione...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Buckingham House
On the west side of College Hill, in Vintry Ward (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1720).
So called as be...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Burgavenny House
See Stationers' Hall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Burley House
In Thames Street, between Baynard's Castle and Paul's Wharf in Castle Baynard Ward (S. 366), next to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Candle House
Messuage west of the Brick House called the "Candle Howse" within the site of the late priory or new...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Caroone House
See Fleet Prison.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Charsey House
See Chartesey House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Chartesey House
A messuage so called in parish of St. Peter beside Paulys Wharfe, 36 H. VIII. 1544 (L. and P. H. VII...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Chicheley's House
See Bakers' Hall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Colonial House
No. 155 Fenchurch Street (P.O. Directory). In Langbourne Ward, nearly opposite Rood Lane.
Occupies ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(Sir William) Craven's House
See East India House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Darby House
Next adjoining Woodmongers' Hall is Darby House, sometime belonging to the Stanleys. Thomas Stanley,...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Dashwood House
At No. 9 New Broad Street (P.O. Directory).
Commemorates the name of Francis Dashwood, Alderman, 16...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Denmark House
In Fenchurch Street. The house in which the Russian ambassador was lodged in the time of Queen Mary ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Derby House
See Darby House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Devonshire House
On the east side of Bishopsgate Street, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677).
This was the ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Dominion House
See (Mr. Thos.) Papillon's House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Dorchester House
See London House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Dorset House
See Dorset Court, Dorset Street, Whitefriars.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Drewry House
See (Hostel of Abbot of) Ramsey.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Ely House
The inn or hostel of the Bishop of Ely in Holborn (S. 388).
Granted by John de Kyrkeby, Bishop of E...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Ethelburga House
On the west side of Bishopsgate, at 91 and 93 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate Ward Within.
First m...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Fermes House
A messuage so called in parish of St. Sepulchre, 31, Eliz. 1583 (Lond. I. p.m. III. 345).
Not furth...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Garter House
See College of Arms.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Glass House
In the centre of Glass House Yard, Goodman's Yard. Partly in Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677 to Elmes...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Gresham House
On the east side of Old Broad Street at No. 24, with an entrance from Bishopsgate (P.O. Directory). ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Griste's House
At the west end of Tower Street near Mincing Lane, a turning runs north to a house belonging formerl...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hamilton House
On the west side of Bishopsgate Street at No. 155 (P.O. Directory).
In L.C.C. List, 1901.
A large ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Hatton House
In parish of St. Andrew Holborn, being the dwelling-house of Sir Edward Coke, 2 Jas. I. (Middlesex S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
The Hede House
A messuage so called in Smythfield in parish of St. Sepulchre without Newgate, 23 H. VII. (Anc. Deed...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Heneadge House
Mentioned in the description of the bounds of the parish of St. Katherine Creechurch, opposite to Du...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Heydon House
See Haydon Square.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Howard House
Some of the buildings of the late dissolved Charterhouse were so named by Thomas Howard in 1569 and ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Huntington House
See Beaumondes Inn.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
India House
See East India House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Lauderdale House
See Lauderdale Buildings.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
London House
On the west side of Aldersgate Street, adjoining Bartholomew Close west, in Aldersgate Without and F...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Lumley House
See Lord Lumley's House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Mansion House
At the junction of the Poultry and Cornhill on the south side, opposite Mansion House Street (P.O. D...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Middlesex House
See Middlesex Passage.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Mousetrap House
See Fleur de lis Court1, Fetter Lane.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(Lord) Nevill's House
See Greene Yard, near Leadenhall.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Nofolk House
No. 7 Laurence Pountney Hill. Occupied as extensive offices and chambers (P.O. Directory).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Nonsuch House
On the seventh and eighth arches from the Southwark end of Old London Bridge. Perhaps the most beaut...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Northumberland House
On the west side of St. Martin's Lane (now St. Martin le Grand), in the parish of SS. Anne and Agnes...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Palmerston House
A large block of offices and chambers on the west side of Bishops-gate, at No.51 (P.O. Directory). I...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(Mr. Thos.) Papillon's House
On the north side of Fenchurch Street. In Aldgate Ward (O. and M. 1677).
Site seems now occupied by...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Peter House
See London House, Aldersgate Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(Sir Paul) Pindar's House
No. 169 Bishopsgate, in Bishopsgate Ward Without. Ralph Pindar acquired the site in 1597 and the hou...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Post House
At the junction of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill opposite the Stocks (Leake, 1666).
The site is ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Powlet House
1) See Winchester House.
2) On the east side of Bishopsgate, between the Dolphin and Fisher's Folly...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Sackville House
See Salisbury Court, Fleet Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Salisbury House
In parish of St. Mary "Botulphi" in ward of Walbroke, 30 H. VIII 1538 (L. and P. Hen. VIII. XIII. Pt...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(Sir Nicholas) Salter's, House
See (Sir Francis) Walsingham House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Sandie House
See Chartesey House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Scalding House
1) In the parish of St. Mildred in the Poultry near le Stokkes, 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 33).
Wm. Otes le...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Sharington House
Capital messuage called "Sharington House" forfeited to King Edward VI. which house the king gave to...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Shelley House
See Bacon House, Noble Street.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Shunamites' House
In Watling Street.
A house of entertainment provided for the use of preachers at Paul's Cross in th...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Southampton House
On the east side of Chancery Lane, outside the City boundary.
Liberties and bounds to be extended f...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(Lord) Sowches' House
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, next to Benbridges Inn (S. 153). In Lime Street Ward.
Site ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Spital House
Bequest for repair of highway between the Spittle howse and Highegate and the corner of S. Jones's w...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Le Spurrers' House
See Sporier's Inn.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Stationers' House
Or the Black Spread Eagle in Fleet Street, against St. Dunstan's Church, 1653 (H. MSS. Corn. 7th Rep...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Suffolk House
No. 5 Laurence Pountney Hill, forming large offices and chambers (P.O. Directory).
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Sussex House
On the south side of Leadenhall Street, No.52 (P.O. Directory). In Aldgate Ward.
"Sussex Hall" (O. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Thanet House
On the east side of Aldersgate Street, in Aldersgate Ward Without (O. and M. 1677-Strype, ed. 1720 a...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Trinity House
On the north side of Tower Hill (P.O. Directory).
Built 1793-5. Architect, S. Wyatt.
Site bccupied...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(Sir Francis) Walsingham House
On the north-eastern boundary of Tower Ward. Now Sir Nicholas Salter's. In Seething Lane (Strype, ed...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Watch House
At the south-east corner of St. Sepulchre's Church Yard on the north side of Snow Hill (Strype, ed. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Whitchurch House
See Africa House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Winchester House
See Winchester Place.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Windsor House
See Nevill's Inn.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(Sir William) Winter's House
See St. Mary de Berkyngcherch, Chapel.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Worcester House
1) William, earl of Worcester, was seised of the capital messuage called "Worcester place" in the pa...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
York House
Wheatley says Baynard's Castle was known by this name, Richard Duke of York having lodged there in 1...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(Lord de la) Zouches', House
See (Lord) Sowches' House.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
bog house
The necessary house. To go to bog; to go to stool.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
coffee house
A necessary house. To make a coffee-house of a woman's ****; to go in and out and spend nothing.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
flying house
A lock in wrestling, by which he who uses it throws his adversary over his head.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
hen house
A house where the woman rules; called also a SHE HOUSE, and HEN FRIGATE: the latter a sea phrase, or...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
light house
A man with a red fiery nose.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
louse house
The round house, cage, or any other place of confinement.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
lumber house
A house appropriated by thieves for the reception of their stolen property.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
nanny house
A brothel.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
nugging-house
A brothel.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
ox house
He must go through the ox house to bed; a saying of an old fellow who marries a young girl.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
she house
A house where the wife rules, or, as the term is, wears the breeches.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
steeple house
A name given to the church by Dissenters.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
block-house
A small fort built of logs which project some six or eight feet over a wooden or stone foundation, f...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
cubby-house
A snug place for a child. Common to various English dialects.--Barnes's Dorset Glossary. Seldom hear...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
house-hunting
In the city of New York all houses are let from the 1st day of May, and the landlords have assumed t...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
house-warmlng
A feast, or merry-making, upon going into a new house.--Johnson.
Overeat himself at a housewarming....
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
still-house
A common term in the United States for a distillery.
Despise it not, ye Bards to terror steel'd,
W...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
host-house
an ale-house for the reception of lodgers.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
house-place
the common room in a farm house. N.
...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
-
cook-house
See cook-house
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
cub-house
, or cubboos.
See caboose.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
deck-house
An oblong-house on the deck of some merchantmen, especially east-country vessels, and latterly in pa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
house-cockle
See gawky.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
house, to
To enter within board. To house a topgallant-mast, is to lower it so as to prevent the rigging resti...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
house-boat
One with a cabin; a coche d'eau.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
house-line
See housing
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
hurricane-house
Any building run up for temporary purposes; the name is occasionally given to the round-house on a v...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
kub-house
, or cubboos.
See caboose.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
mast-house
In dockyards, where masts are made.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
pitch-house
A place set apart for the boiling of pitch for the seams and bottoms of vessels.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
rope-house
A long building in a dockyard, where ropes are made.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
round-house
A name given in East Indiamen and other large merchant ships, to square cabins built on the after-pa...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
rudder-house
Synonymous with wheel-house.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
wheel-house
A small round-house erected in some ships over the steering-wheel for the shelter of the helmsman.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
Sleep-at-noon
·noun A plant (Tragopogon pratensis) which closes its flowers at midday; a kind of goat's beard.
...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
-
(St.) Botolph at Retheresgate
See St. Botolph Billingsgate.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Conduit at Aldermanbury
See Aldermanbury Conduit.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Conduit at Barking
Bequest of 2/- quit rent to the conduit of Berkynke by Rob. de Conyngham, 1286 (Ct. H. Wills, I. 78)...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Conduit at Bishopsgate
Near the gate inside the walls (S. 175), a little to the west (ib. 176).
Erected by Thomas Kneswort...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Conduit at Dowgate
A conduit of Thames water made 1568 at the cost of the citizens, and called the Conduit upon Downgat...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Council at London
Held in 833, at which were present the Bishops and "proceribus majoribus" of all England, to take co...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
The Dolphin at Aldersgate
Described in a deed 1291, as a tenement in the parish of "St. Agnes infra Aldresgate," between the h...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(St.) Mary at Hill
On the west side of St. Mary at Hill (Street) (P.O. Directory). In Billingsgate Ward.
Earliest ment...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
(St.) Peter at Baynardescastel
See St. Peter Paul's Wharf.
...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Serjeants-at-Law
A body of barristers of the highest degree, sworn to serve the King's people in their causes.
The J...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
bill at sight
To pay a bill at sight; to be ready at all times for the venereal act.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
tenant at will
One whose wife usually fetches him from the alehouse.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
to be driving at
'What are you driving at?' that is, what are you about? what object have you in view? A colloquial e...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
to suit to at
To suit or fit exactly. This old English phrase is often used by ourselves in colloquial language.
...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
-
lieutenant-at-arms
Formerly the junior lieutenant, who, with the master-at-arms, was charged with the drilling of the s...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
master-at-arms
In former times was an officer appointed to command the police-duty of a ship, to teach the crew the...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
prisoner at large
Free to take exercise within bounds.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
surveyors at lloyd's
See lloyd's surveyors.
...
The Sailor's Word-Book
-
out at heels, or out at elbows
In declining circumstances.
...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
-
Anabaptist Meeting House
1) See Pinners' Hall.
2) On the east side of Maidenhead Court, north of Great Eastcheap. In Candlew...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Cannon Street House
On the south side of Cannon Street at No. 110 (P.O. Directory), between Martin's Lane and Lawrence P...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
-
Chapter House Court
North out of St. Paul's Churchyard at No. 67, north of the Chapter House, and west to Paul's Alley (...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.